Noriko Miyagoshi, director of matchmaking agency Association of Parents of Marriage Proposal Information, which organizes matchmaking events for parents of single adult children. With rising living costs, poor economic prospects and the demanding work culture conspiring against them, fewer Japanese today are opting to get married and have children.
Japan is facing a fertility crisis with fewer marriages, fewer births and fewer people. The population has long been on a downward trajectory and in the year up to January 2023,